Robert Lew Wan Fong
4 min readMar 5, 2022

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Human over 60’s must drink a lot of water to prevent Stroke

*YOUR HEALTH IS YOUR WEALTH “

Very Useful tips by a renowned Physician named Arnaldo Liechtenstein:

Especially so,if you are above 60 years of age
"Whenever, I teach clinical medicine to students in the fourth
year of medicine, I ask the following question:

"What are the causes of mental confusion in the elderly?"
Some answer: "Tumors in the head".

I answer: No!

Others suggest: "Early symptoms of Alzheimer's".

I answer again: No!

With each rejection of their answers, their responses dry up.

And they are even more open-mouthed, when I list the three most common causes:

- uncontrolled diabetes
- urinary infection
- dehydration

It may sound like a joke; but it isn’t.

People over 60 generally stop feeling thirsty and consequently, stop drinking fluids.
When no one is around to remind them to drink fluids, they quickly dehydrate.

Dehydration is severe and affects the entire body. It may cause abrupt mental confusion, a drop in blood pressure, increased heart palpitations, angina (chest pain), coma and even death.

This habit of forgetting to drink fluids, begins at age 60, when we have just over 50% of the water we should have in our bodies.
People over 60 have a lower water reserve. This is part of the natural aging process.

But there are more complications. Although they are dehydrated, they don’t feel like drinking water, because their internal balance mechanisms don’t work very well.

Conclusion:

People over 60 years old dehydrate easily, not only because they have a smaller water supply; but also because they do not feel the lack of water in the body nor feeling thirsty.

Although people over 60 may look healthy, the performance of reactions and chemical functions can damage their internal organs and entire body.

So here are two alerts:

1) Get into the habit of drinking liquids. Liquids include water, juices, teas, coconut water, milk, soups, and water-rich fruits, such as watermelon, melon, peaches and pineapple; Orange and tangerine also work.

*The important thing is that, every two hours, you must drink some liquid.*

Always remember this!

2) Alert for family members: constantly offer fluids to people over 60. At the same time, observe them.

If you realize that they are rejecting drinking liquids and, from one day to the next, they are irritable, breathless or display a lack of attention, these are almost certainly recurrent symptoms of dehydration.

Inspired to drink more water now as it is our life line free from stroke??
Send this vital information out to others! DO IT NOW! Your friends and family need to know for themselves inorder to help you to be healthier, wealthier and happier always .

*It’s good to share with people over 60*

This article confirmed by Habib Dato Dr Syed Latiff Alsagoff alHajj

*3 years ago I was still exercising - cycling and fitness ... very fit and healthy ...
But .. 3 years later I HAD A STROKE ...*

One day, when I stood up, my surroundings felt like swaying and my hands and feet felt tingling.

4 days at ICU
15 days in the hospital room

Diagnosis results ...
*High blood pressure, thick blood, ruptured blood vessels in the right brain*

Got out of the hospital.
Every day taking endless medicine ...
Various health products ...
Resisting pain, massage, acupuncture ....
Sit in a wheelchair.
Use the letter U to learn to stand ...
Conditions like a 2 year old child learning to walk ...
It is not an easy condition !!!

I thought ...
Why do I have a stroke when I do regular exercise, no smoking / alcohol / stay up late?

I just found out the real cause was,
*Long thirst due ... lack of water is bad for your health...!*

Here I want to remind everyone:
Remember to always drink water so that the body does not lack water to service your internal organs!
*We need it every day.*
Weight 1 kg = 30 cc
Weight 60 kg=60x30
= 1800cc (at least)

*When traveling out, bring supplies of drinking water*
*There are people who say drinking a lot of water make them often go to the toilet*
*My answer is...It is better to go to the TOILET often than to get STROKE!*

Please always REMEMBER:
• Before / after exercise, drink 1 glass of water.
• Before / after eating, drink 1 glass of water.
• Before going to bed, drink 1 glass of *warm water*
• Wake up, drink 1 glass of *warm water*
*May we all always be healthy until our old age*

I share my personal experience to advise and for your consideration ...to live a longer, healthier, happier life!
(Always remember that when we take enough water, it is not easy to get a stroke)

*Remember! STROKE is no longer just a disease of PARENTS and MEN, but YOUNG children also suffer from STROKE due to lack of fluid like water to activate your internal organs*

*DRINKING ENOUGH WATER is a way of prevention*
*SHARING IS CARING as your health is my concern as a friend*.…..

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Robert Lew Wan Fong

I will be 81 and have three daughters and a son with 5 grand daughters and a grand son.